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Janet Poppendieckis Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author ofSweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of EntitlementandBreadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Charity for All

Who Eats Emergency Food?

The Rise of Emergency Food

Institutionalization: From Shoestring to Stability

The Uses of Emergency Food

The Seductions of Charity

What's Wrong with Emergency Food? The Seven Deadly "Ins"

Charity and Dignity

The Ultimate Band-Aid

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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